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News & Culture

The Battle of January 6th Has Just Begun

Nine months after the storming of the Capitol, Trump is more popular with the G.O.P. and his Big Lie is more widely believed.

The Inconsistency of American Feminism in the Muslim World

For women in the Middle East and beyond, the U.S. has been an unconvincing liberator.

The Moral Bankruptcy of Facebook

Frances Haugen hoped that her revelations would prompt a reckoning. Instead, the company has doubled down.

What American Christians Hear at Church

Drawing on newly ubiquitous online services, Pew has tried to catalogue the subject matter of contemporary sermons.

Puzzles & Games

Name Drop

A quiz that tests your knowledge of notable people, published every weekday.

Crossword

A thrice-weekly puzzle that ranges from lightly to considerably challenging.

Cryptic Crossword

A weekly puzzle for lovers of wily wordplay.

Caption Contest

We provide a cartoon, you provide a caption.

Spotlight

The Precious Contingencies of Immigrants

Martyna Majok’s “Sanctuary City” explores the injustices experienced by Dreamers in America.

How Biden Came to Own Trump’s Policy at the Border

Haitian asylum seekers were deported under Title 42, a despised Trump-era practice that the current Administration can’t seem to let go of.

Can Nuclear Fusion Put the Brakes on Climate Change?

Amid an escalating crisis, the power source offers a dream—or a pipe dream—of limitless clean energy.

The Trauma of Canada’s Residential Schools

“Joe Buffalo” shows the effects of the system that separated Native children from their families.

How Many Scandals Can Facebook Survive?

Can the social-media platform escape consequences for its potentially illegal actions?

Searching for the Descendants of Racial Terrorism

Volunteers try to track down every living relative of the victims of an 1898 coup and murder of Black North Carolinians.

The Book Club That Helped Spark the Gay-Rights Movement

In the nineteen-fifties, the Cory Book Service quietly connected a community. Then it was forgotten.

The Ship That Became a Bomb

If a decaying supertanker stranded in Yemen’s war zone explodes or sinks, thousands may die.

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In Focus

The Coronavirus Crisis

Coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak, from the science of vaccines to the culture of quarantine.

Racial Injustice and Policing

Black Lives Matter, police brutality, and the long history of racism in America.

Dept. of Returns

Stories of life after the vaccine.

The Future of Democracy

An exploration of democracy in America.

From This Week’s Issue

October 11, 2021

“Magic Formula,” by Luci Gutiérrez.

Humor

Ugh, Dating Is So Hard These Days

When you’re an insufferable person with a bland personality.

Dear Pepper: Take a Seat

Ah, public transportation. Ah, travel. Ah, restaurants. Ah, friends.

Republicans Blast Facebook for Endangering Democracy

Senator Mitch McConnell defiantly declared, “That’s our job.”

Discomfort Foods

A feast fit for foes.

Books to Help You Escape Reality

In “House with a Back Yard and Washer/Dryer,” a couple stumbles upon a house within their price range.

The Stress-Free Family Meal Plan

May contain trace amounts of stress.

Fiction & Poetry

“The Ghost Birds”

“As people accepted that the birds were gone for good, the Paranormal Birding Society took flight.”

“Without”

“The world will keep trudging through time without us.”

Karen Russell on Ecological Crisis

The author discusses her story from the latest issue of the magazine.

“Damsons”

“What the crowd holds dear / is the notion there’ll be no reckoning in the political sphere.”

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